Crab cakes are especially popular along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and along the Mid-Atlantic coast. Some Maryland-style purists have very specific ideas about what can and cannot go in a crab ...

I became a crab cake snob after my youngest daughter moved to Baltimore. I love Maryland crab cakes; the best have big lumps ...

Spoon some of the sauce on each plate and top with two crab cakes. Serve immediately. Recipe from The First Real Kitchen Cookbook by Megan & Jill Carle/Chronicle Books, 2011.